Just before the Naadam festival, we had a pleasure working with Hannah Griffin, a young Canadian multimedia journalist. Her writing has appeared in VICE and various newspapers and magazines in both Canada and the US.

Read her full story on the nature of Mongolian horse racing and cultural aspects of it.

Hannah Griffin is a Canadian journalist and photographer. She has a Master's of Journalism from NYU. Tsagaandelger, Dundgovi Province, Mongolia - Nine-year-old Bujinlkham Damdinsuren sits surrounded by her sisters inside her family's ger - the round, felt-sided tent where nomadic Mongolian families live.